Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2021
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at May 16, 2021, 5:33 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 42 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 16, 2021, 5:33 PM MDT (23:33 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 2021, 6:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.5 in
County Kiowa County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 2:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 155 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 215 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -294 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 861 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
651
WFUS55 KPUB 162333
TORPUB
COC061-170015-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0010.210516T2333Z-210517T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
533 PM MDT Sun May 16 2021
The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
North central Kiowa County in southeastern Colorado...
* Until 615 PM MDT.
* At 533 PM MDT, severe thunderstorms capable of producing a tornado
were located along a line extending from 14 miles southwest of Kit
Carson to 6 miles northeast of Eads, moving south at 5 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Expect damage to mobile homes, roofs, and vehicles.
* These dangerous storms will be near...
Eads around 615 PM MDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3845 10265 3844 10303 3862 10304 3861 10266
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 338DEG 5KT 3859 10295 3857 10273
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
Cohen2 follow-up statements
302
WWUS55 KPUB 162358
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
558 PM MDT Sun May 16 2021
COC061-170015-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-210517T0015Z/
Kiowa CO-
558 PM MDT Sun May 16 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM MDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY...
At 557 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles northwest of Eads, or 33 miles southwest of
Cheyenne Wells, moving southwest at 5 mph.
HAZARD...TORNADO and ping pong ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Expect damage to mobile homes, roofs, and vehicles.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
north central Kiowa County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3845 10265 3844 10303 3862 10304 3861 10266
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 065DEG 6KT 3857 10289
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
Cohen234
WWUS55 KPUB 170015
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
615 PM MDT Sun May 16 2021
COC061-170025-
/O.EXP.KPUB.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-210517T0015Z/
Kiowa CO-
615 PM MDT Sun May 16 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire. However small
hail and gusty winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM MDT for
southeastern Colorado.
Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect for
southeast Kiowa County.
LAT...LON 3845 10265 3844 10303 3862 10304 3861 10266
TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 338DEG 5KT 3855 10288
$$
CohenThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 6:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 41 min |
| May 15, 6:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 29 min |
| May 15, 6:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 23 min |
| May 15, 6:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero | 64 min |
| May 15, 6:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 41 min |
| May 15, 6:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 53 min |
| May 15, 6:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 64 min |
| May 15, 6:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 32 min |
| May 15, 7:01 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent | 17 min |
| May 15, 7:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 46 min |
| May 15, 7:33 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 57 min |
| May 15, 7:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 18 min |
| May 15, 8:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 30 min |
| May 15, 8:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 49 min |
| May 15, 8:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 45 min |
| May 15, 8:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 31 min |
| May 15, 9:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 29 min |
| May 15, 10:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 45 min |
| May 16, 1:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 16 min |
| May 16, 1:33 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 27 min |
| May 16, 1:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 26 min |
| May 16, 1:51 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 39 min |
| May 16, 2:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 31 min |
| May 16, 2:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 13 min |
| May 16, 2:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 11 min |
| May 16, 2:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 31 min |
| May 16, 2:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 34 min |
| May 16, 2:44 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Huerfano | 3 hr |
| May 16, 2:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 27 min |
| May 16, 2:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Crowley | 32 min |
| May 16, 3:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 14 min |
| May 16, 3:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 28 min |
| May 16, 3:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 31 min |
| May 16, 3:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Custer | 30 min |
| May 16, 3:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 28 min |
| May 16, 3:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 27 min |
| May 16, 3:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano | 51 min |
| May 16, 3:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 33 min |
| May 16, 3:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 40 min |
| May 16, 3:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano | 51 min |
| May 16, 3:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 26 min |
| May 16, 3:51 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 24 min |
| May 16, 3:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 53 min |
| May 16, 3:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 36 min |
| May 16, 4:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 42 min |
| May 16, 4:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Crowley | 37 min |
| May 16, 4:13 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Crowley | 32 min |
| May 16, 4:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 55 min |
| May 16, 4:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 28 min |
| May 16, 4:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 38 min |
| May 16, 4:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 68 min |
| May 16, 4:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 64 min |
| May 16, 4:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 68 min |
| May 16, 4:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 78 min |
| May 16, 4:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley | 62 min |
| May 16, 4:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas, Pueblo | 42 min |
| May 16, 4:49 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 88 min |
| May 16, 4:59 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Crowley | 46 min |
| May 16, 5:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 18 min |
| May 16, 5:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Custer | 49 min |
| May 16, 5:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 31 min |
| May 16, 5:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Kiowa, Otero | 63 min |
| May 16, 5:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 61 min |
| May 16, 5:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Crowley | 42 min |
| May 16, 5:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 38 min |
| May 16, 5:56 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 49 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.